Published • loading... • Updated
Davey says Lib Dems won’t give up fight against ‘nasty populism’
Davey said the party would not be ground down as it set out maternity-care and youth work-experience pledges and attacked Reform’s donors.
- Lib Dem Leader Sir Ed Davey issued a rallying call to members on the first day of the annual conference, vowing his party "won't give up the fight" to defeat "nasty populism."
- Davey targeted Nigel Farage's Reform and Elon Musk, denouncing Reform's "£72 million arsenal of hate and lies" and claiming they "don't speak for the real United Kingdom."
- Lib Dem health spokesperson Helen Morgan proposed a £600 million plan for one-to-one maternity care, targeting £1.3 billion in annual NHS negligence compensation savings. Education spokesperson Munira Wilson pledged 100 hours of work experience for students.
- Sir Ed confirmed the party is ready if Prime Minister Andy Burnham calls a general election, citing the party's "distinctive position" on rejoining the single market and customs union.
- Drawing on his early political activism against Apartheid-era South Africa, Davey emphasized the global fight against far-right movements, declaring his organization "a party that won't be ground down.
Insights by Ground AI
7 Articles
7 Articles
Leader says party ‘won,'t give up the fight,' to defeat ‘nasty populism' in first-day speech to delegates
Ed Davey takes aim at Reform's £72m warchest as leader declares: 'They don’t speak for the real United Kingdom!'
Sir Ed Davey took aim at Reform UK's £72million warchest in a furious tirade during his Autumn Conference speech this evening.The Liberal Democrat leader said the party "doesn't speak for the real United Kingdom" as he fired out an explosive rant over Donald Trump, France's Marine Le Pen and Germany's AfD at his party's annual gathering.Urging liberals to "join him in his fight against populism", he called on supporters to join the "fight agains…
·London, United Kingdom
Read Full Article
Coverage Details
Total News Sources7
Leaning Left3Leaning Right1Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
L 50%
C 33%
R 17%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
